This is a comic trope — the film equivalent would be to sub-title an animal.

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Scooby-Doo does this throughout his comic book career from the earliest period (Dec. 1969) up to around the time Marvel assumed the Hanna-Barbera line. At that point he was given regular word balloons with the speech impediment prevalent on his TV series.

In the BBXX Baby Blues book, it reveals that Rick and Jerry's first rule in the series was to not let Zoe communicate through thought bubbles, but broke it in the first comic [[babyblues.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2015/01/1-7-90-now-what-med.jpg]]. In the early comics, instead of words, they use objects (ex: a lollipop) to show what Zoe is thinking. One comic had Zoe remembering what Wanda said to her about locking the door. A few comics feature Wren talking through thought bubbles, but not directly to the viewer. [[babyblues.com/comics/november-11-2008/]] [[babyblues.com/comics/march-25-2012/]] Throughout the series, the "Wren talking through thought bubbles" concept was rarely seen ( and communication was rarely seen in the series (ex: babyblues.com/comics/august-23-1996/).

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